C. o. d. envelop container



w. P.- NOBLE. C. 0. D. -ENV'IELOP CONTAINER. APPLICATJION FILED FEB. 26. 1919.

Patented Apr. 12; 1921.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLrAM r. NOBLE, Aor nnrnorr, MICHIGAN.

C. O. D. ENVELOP CONTAINER.

Leraars.

Application filed February 26, 1919.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, lVILLniM l). NOBLE, who am a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Detroit, county of lVayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in C. 0. D. Envelop Containers, and declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device to be attached to packages calling for C. O. D. payments and it consists in certain constructions and combinations hereinafter specified. lleretofore the practice has been to send an envelop containingr the C. 0. D. instructions and having thereon the address of the consignor, which envelop is to be returned .with the C. O. D. collection. Heretofore such envelops have been attached to the package either by wiring or string or in some similar fashion and much trouble has been experienced in their getting mutilated or removed accidentally and thus the conditions of the return payment are either not complied with or rendered more or less uncertain causing difficulty to both the consignor and the carrier. My invention in intended to obviate this difficulty.

In the drawings:

Figure l represents a package with C. O. D. envelop container attached thereto.

Fig. 2 shows the envelop container.

Fig. 3 shows the C. O. D. envelop placed within the container as shown in 2.

Fig. 4; is a vertical section of the container containing the C. O. D. envelop and showing the mode of closing and attaching it to apackage.

The container is made of one sheet of metal a little less than one-half of which has lips A, which are bent over and retained parallel to but spaced from the body of the container B. At the end of the container C C is also doubled back upon itself leaving a corresponding space between the doubled back portion and the body of the container B. In the spaces or grooves so formed an envelop D may be placed. E E are holes punched through the sheet B for the purposes of fastening the container by nails or screws or any other convenient means to the package F shown in Fig, 1,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

Serial No, 279,230.

Of course this portion of theI device may bey varied to suit circumstances as for instance, wires could be fastened through the holes and it could be wired to a package to which it would be impossible to attach it by means of nails or screws. A portion G a little more than half of the plate, is arranged to fold down over the portion containing the envelop, the fold taking place along the line above or outside of the envelop as shown in Fig. t at H. This portion Gr of the plate, has a tongue or eXtension J which is also preferably perforated at K and this extension reaches below or 7 beyond the envelop and its inclosing part of the container, and is fastened to the package at L, see Fig. et. ln case the device cannot be attached by means of nails or screws,

this portion may be bent under clenching- `f' width, even offull width with the portion G and with more than one fastener hole like l. I do not wish to confine myself to a lip or projection J, but it is essential that it extend below or beyond the envelop containing portion so as to enable it to be fastened below or beyond it or doubled under it so as to make the package secure.

rlhe operation of the device is as follows:

The device itself is preferably attached to the package before using in a manner as ieretofore stated. The envelop is inserted in that portion thereof which is folded over and forms a recess for the receiving of the envelop D as shown. After the envelop D together with its contents is thus inserted the extended portion G is folded down tightly over the saine and clenched or nailed as hereinbefore stated. Of course when the package with the device thus attached has arrived at its destination, the carrier raises the portion G by detaching it from the package and then can have access to the envelop containing his instructions about the collection et cetera and then acts accordingly, and if desired can return the envelop and holder described together with the C. O. D. collection or can return the C. O. D. collection without the device, whichever method is desired to be followed.

lNhat l claim is: Y i

1. In a C. O'. D. envelop container, the combination of a portion of the envelop the manner as to form a pocket for the reception of an envelop, with an upper portion adapted to fold over such lower portion in such a manner as to retain the folded over edges in their pocket forming relation, such upper portion being provided with a projecting tongue adapted to be independently secured to suoli package when in sueh Covering position.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification.

WILLIAM P.V NOBLE. 

